Compression vs. Limiter/Enhancer

[moogmusic]

Hi,

As a guitarist who's newly playing the bass for a mate, I've got a compression question:

I have a Boss CS-3 and was going to use it as a compressor for my bass but would I be better getting hold of an LMB-3. Or would you recommend anything else in a similar (secondhand) price range to do the job.

Cheers

Steven

[cheddatom]

Have you read the thread on compressors IE do you know how they work? A limiter is a very specific form of compression.

Personally I would find the LMB3 over the CS-3 if I HAD to make a choice, but that's for bass AND guitar!

What is the effect you're trying to acheive?

[fxpedal.co.uk]

The LMB-3 works far better on bass than the CS-3. And, despite its name, it's more of a compressor than a limiter. Others to consider are the BBE Opto Stomp, EBS Multicomp and Seymour Duncan Doubleback.

[nick]

Another option if you want to keep the CS-3 is to get it modded. I did the [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/bosscs3.shtml"]Ovnilab mod[/url] to one I had - totally transformed it. Use a Multicomp now, but definitely rate the modded CS-3, will probably buy another one at some stage & mod it again.